Upcoming Call for Papers, Panelists, Funding & Employment Opportunities, Awards and Summer Courses || Prochain appel à contributions pour les publications et conférences, bourses & offre d'emploi, prix et cours d'été

November 27 | novembre 2014

All members of CASCA's Student Network as well as graduate program directors who have events or opportunities of interest to our members are invited to contact the moderators ([log in to unmask]). Links to detailed posting guidelines: in English and French.

Tous les membres du réseau des étudiants de CASCA ainsi que les directeurs de programmes d'études supérieures qui ont des événements ou des possibilités d'intérêt pour nos membres sont invités à contacter les modérateurs ([log in to unmask]). Voir ci-dessous pour directives sur les affectations détaillées:en français et anglais.

1. CALLS || APPELS

a) Opportunities || Opportunités

b) CFP Publications & Conferences || Appel à contributions pour les publications et conférences

[1] Proposal - Conference - Rethinking Spirituality Through Gender and Youth - Deadline: December 15, 2014

[2] Abstract - Workshop - Social Networking in Cyber Spaces:  European Muslim's Participation in (New) Media - Deadline: January 10, 2015

[3] Abstract - Conference - Confronting Categories - Deadline: January 10, 2015

[4] Proposal - Panel - European Heritages, Realities and Utopias: The Elderly's Consumption Of Coffee, Tea and "Leisure" Time” - Deadline: January 14, 2015

[5] Abstract - Symposium - Beyond Gypsy Stereotypes: Voicing Romani Pluralities - Deadline: January 15, 2015

[6] Manuscript - Journal Special Issue - Complicating the Politics of Deservingness: A Critical Look at Latina/o Undocumented Migrant Youth - Deadline: April 15, 2015

2. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND AWARDS || PRIX ET BOURSES

[1] Fellowships (2 Types) - Summer Scholar Fellowships- The School for Advanced Research (SAR) - Deadline: January 12, 2015

[2] Scholarship Proposals - Field School for Social and Cultural Anthropology - Deadline: January 25, 2015

3. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES || OFFRE D'EMPLOI (in addition to/ en plus dehttp://www.cas-sca.ca/latest-jobs)

[1] Resident Professor - Global Health - OTS Global Health Undergraduate Semester Abroad Program in Costa Rica

[2] Cultural Anthropologist - Latin American - University of Arkansas - Deadline: December 15, 2014

4. REQUESTS AND QUERIES from members of the CASCA Student Network (reply directly to the poster) ||  REQUÊTES DES ÉTUDIANT(E)S pour obtenir des conseils ou ressources (les réponses seront envoyées directement à l'étudiant(e) en question).

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5. EVENTS || ÉVÉNEMENTS & SUMMER COURSES  || COURS D'ETE

[1] Panel - Launching a Career in Academia - AAA Meeting - December 4, 2014

[2] Panel - "Producing Anthropologists" in a Landscape of Uncertainty: A Workshop for Surviving and Navigating the Job Market in a Climate of Scarcity and Precarity - AAA Meeting- December 6, 2014

[3] Applicants - Summer School - Citizens Resilience in Times of Crises - Deadline: December 15, 2014

*Submissions to the CASCA Grad List: English posting guidelines

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1. CALLS || APPELS

a) Opportunities || Opportunités

b) CFP Publications & Conferences || Appel à contributions pour les publications et conférences

[1] Proposal - Conference - Rethinking Spirituality Through Gender and Youth - Deadline: December 15, 2014

We are inviting paper proposals for a panel at the Conference of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion entitled “Rethinking Spirituality Through Gender and Youth” coordinated by Mia Lövheim, Kristin Aune and Anna Fedele.

The conference will be held in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), from 2-5 July 2015 and the deadline is December 15, 2014. Please note that you do not need to be a ISSR member to propose a paper. 

All the Best, Anna Fedele

http://www.sisr-issr.org/English/Conferences/Conferences.htm

Rethinking Spirituality Through Gender and Youth

Coordinated by Mia Lövheim, Kristin Aune and Anna Fedele

This session aims to debate the conceptual distinction between ‘religion’ and ‘spirituality’, which has been widely used in the sociology of religion. Drawing on the changing religious practices of the “Baby-boom generation” and the public interest in the “new age” phenomena in the 1980s, the concept of spirituality became crucial in describing a shift from institutional religion, characterized by adherence to traditional religious doctrines, to newer forms of flexible, individual and holistic religiosity. In previous research spirituality has, on the one side, been interpreted as a sign of religious decline through privatization and, on the other, hailed as a way for religion to accommodate to the new situations faced by late modern social actors. This session critically explores whether ‘spirituality’ is a useful concept for studying the ways in which people live out religio-spiritual lives in the twenty-first century. It does so through the lenses of gender and youth, two aspects of social identity that have received significant new attention from religion scholars since the late twentieth century. Scholars such as Woodhead (2012) have advocated ‘spirituality’ as better able to reflect the complex lives of women and young people, and as more open to material and emotional aspects of religious experience and practice. A new body of work, including Fedele and Knibbe’s (2013) collection of ethnographic studies of gender, critique the spirituality/religion distinction. Scholars such as McGuire (2008) and Ammerman (2013) have argued for the concept of ‘lived religion’ or ‘everyday religion’ as a better alternative. This session invites scholars conducting empirical studies of youth and gender to contribute their findings to help answer these questions: How, if at all, is the distinction between religion and spirituality helpful in interpreting the experiences of these social groups, especially through embodied and sensory encounters with the divine?  How can the religio-spiritual practices of young people, women and gender-marginal men (e.g. men marginalised by ethnicity, sexuality or non-conformity to gender stereotypes) contribute to a development of concepts and theories about religion and spirituality?

French abstract :

Repenser la spiritualité à travers le genre et la jeunesse

Dans ce panel on discute la distinction entre « religion » et « spiritualité », largement utilisée dans la sociologie de la religion. S’appuyant sur les pratiques religieuses changeantes de la « génération du baby-boom » et l’intérêt public pour les phénomènes « new age » dans les années 1980, le concept de spiritualité devint crucial pour décrire le passage de la religion institutionnelle à des formes récentes de religiosité flexible, individuelle et holiste. Dans les recherches antérieures, la spiritualité a été interprétée comme un signe du déclin du religieux via la privatisation mais ausi comme un moyen pour la religion de s’accommoder aux nouvelles situations modernes.

On s’interroge si la « spiritualité » est un concept utile pour étudier les vécus religieux-spirituels des individus au XXIème siècle. Cela sera fait à travers les categories de genre et jeunesse, qui ont suscité une nouvelle attention de la part des chercheurs de la religion. Des penseurs comme Woodhead (2012) ont soutenu que la notion de « spiritualité » est mieux capable de refléter les vies complexes des femmes et des jeunes gens, et qu’ elle est plus ouverte aux aspects matériels et émotionnels de l’expérience religieuse. Un nouveau corpus de textes sur le genre tel que Fedele et Knibbe (2013), critique la distinction entre spiritualité et religion et McGuire (2008) et Ammerman (2013) ont affirmé que le concept de « religion vécue » ou de « religion quotidienne » est une meilleure alternative.

Nous invitons les chercheurs conduisant des études empiriques sur la jeunesse et le genre à répondre à ces questions : Comment, si c’est le cas, la distinction entre religion et spiritualité est-elle utile dans l’interprétation des expériences de ces groupes sociaux, surtout à travers des rencontres corporelles et sensorielles avec le divin? Comment les pratiques religieuses-spirituelles des jeunes, des femmes et des hommes marginalisés du point de vue du genre (ex. les hommes marginalisés à cause de leur appartenance ethnique, de leur sexualité ou de leur non-conformité aux stéréotypes de genre) peuvent-elles contribuer à un développement de théories sur la religion et de la spiritualité ?

[2] Abstract - Workshop - Social Networking in Cyber Spaces:  European Muslim's Participation in (New) Media - Deadline: January 10, 2015

The Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies (Social and Cultural Anthropology KU Leuven), is organizing a two day international workshop. The details and guidlines for abstract submission is stated below. For more details and updates please visit our website,http://www.gulenchair.com/articles/call-for-paper-social-networking-in-cyber-spaces-european-muslims-participation-in-new-media. 

Best. Merve Kayikci, Ph.D Candidate in Anthropology 
Interculturalism, Migration and Minority Research Center 
KU Leuven, Belgium

Call for Paper: Social Networking in Cyber Spaces:  European Muslim's Participation in (New) Media

 28-29 May 2015

Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies

KU Leuven University, Belgium

Keynote Speakers:

Vít Šisler - Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague, Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, Managing Editor of CyberOrient, a peer reviewed journal of the virtual Middle East.

Heidi Campbell - Associate Professor at the Department of Communication  and an Affiliate Faculty in the Religious Studies Interdisciplinary Program at Texas A&M University. She studies religion and new media and the influence of digital and mobile technologies on religious communities.[5] Her work has covered a range of topics from the rise of religious community online, religious blogging and religious mobile culture within Christianity, Judaism and Islam, to exploring technology practice and fandom as implicit religion and religious framings within in digital games.

Key words: Social Networks and Media, Social Movements, Networking, European Muslims, Transnationalism, Cyber Communities, iMuslims

The increasing growth of the Internet is reshaping Islamic communities worldwide. Non-conventional media and social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are becoming more popular among the Muslim youth as among all parts of the society. The new channels of information and news attract new Muslim publics in Europe. The profile of the people using these networks range from college students to Islamic intellectual authorities. Such an easy and speedy way of connecting to millions of people across the globe also attracts the attention of social movements, which utilize these networks to spread their message to a wider public. Many Muslim networks and social movements, political leaders, Islamic institutions and authorities use these new media spaces to address wider Muslim and also non-Muslim communities, it is not uncommon that they also address and reach certain so-called radical groups.

Much attention also has been given to the use of social media technologies and their ability to spark massive social change. Some commentators have remarked that these connection technologies, ranging from smartphones to Facebook, can cause revolutionary digital disruptions, while others have even gone so far as to suggest that social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter may have incited the Arab Spring. During the Arab Spring or Revolutions, the role of social media as an important and effective tool that had a political force to mobilize people, has been commonly acknowledged. Zeynep Tüfekçi of the University of North Carolina quotes that, "Social media in general, and Facebook in particular, provided new sources of information the regime could not easily control and were crucial in shaping how citizens made individual decisions about participating in protests, the logistics of protest, and the likelihood of success." However, many scholars argue today that the reason of the revolutions were not social media, they also commonly agree that information dispersion, whether by text or image, was pre-dominantly managed through social media. Hence similar arguments were made in part of the Gezi Protests that took place in Turkey, in the late spring of 2013, where the protesters declared themselves journalists as they spread images and information through social media; such information they claim was censored by the mainstream media.

While many researches have focused primarily on the Internet that has played a role in Muslim radicalization, there is less emphasis on the Internet that is also being utilized to encourage Muslims to advocate for gender equality, citizenship and human rights within an Islamic framework, more generally. The social, political and cultural participation of Muslims via Internet open new discussions topics and research areas on Muslims living in Europe. Discussions groups, Facebook communities and all other cyber activism are interlinked with the debates on public sphere and citizenship. The never ending space of cyber activism transform the old debates on Islamic knowledge, authority, citizenship, Muslim communities and networks. The way that this transformation comes out is that young Muslims who are familiar with online platforms, use these spaces to enter debates and get a be-it informal space to present and represent their identities, ideologies, aspirations and even solutions. These platforms can offer the periphery voices to raise their experiences with stereotypes and marginalization. According to some scholars, bloggers and internet forums challenge the traditional media landscape by contributing to public constructions of Islam. The cyber space not only offers internet-natives platforms to argue about social problems but it also allows them to ask questions and find immediate and updated answers to problems concerning their own religious obligations and ethical concerns. Social media provides information accessible to Muslims all over the world, who can connect. It also provides them spaces to argue about belonging to a minority religion of a country they are a citizen of, and how to balance their cultural-religious sensibilities with their citizenship duties.

During this workshop we want to address the politics of identity construction and representations of Muslims in Europe through having a look at the updated mediascape based on but not limited by following headlines:

1.    Muslim networks and movements in Western Europe : Formation of transnational communities

There are current debates about the links Muslims in Europe have with Muslims around the globe, and whether these links create a separate global Muslim identity in contrast to an integrated European identity. There is also the debate as to whether such links create a passage to radicalism. This section focuses on how Muslims in Europe “link” with other Muslims and Muslim groups across the globe. It looks into how Muslim networks across the globe influence Muslims in the West in terms of integration, social-political participation, education, etc. It also looks into how these groups influence each other, and how they reflect on issues concerning Muslim in Europe and across the globe.

On a second level it ask the following questions; how do communication technologies create a new transnational Muslim community? How are transnational Muslim communities regardless of ethnic differences created through the use of mass media and social media? How is Islamic discourse spread through mass media, how is an Islamic thought developed and dispersed through social (mass) media? How do virtual communities bring about social change? What are the dynamics between Muslim intellectuals, mass media, and knowledge dispersion? What are the relationships between diaspora’s and online networking?

Social networking and Muslims in the West

This section focuses on how Muslims connect online to learn more about their religion, for online dating/marriage, to share experiences of stereotyping/victimization/racism/islamophobia, to present/represent their ideology. It also looks into how through social media, Muslims create a space of debate, construct and share aspirations-imaginaries-products. How is consumerism among Muslims affected by shared images on these networks? How does the common sharing of certain video’s and texts, create a global common culture among Muslim youth?

(Social) Media and Participation: Muslims in Europe

This section focuses on how social media and the press influences political tendencies of Muslims in Europe. How do Muslims construct a sense of belonging and political responsibility in Western Europe, and does social media and the press have an effect on these phenomena? How does media create a common sense of awareness and how does this awareness in the global and local scene have an impact on their social participation? How do Muslim charity organizations function within the sphere of media and social media?

Tuition Fees

Presenters and participants are expected to pay the costs of their travel and accommodation. The organizers have a reduced prize from hotel ‘La Royale’ in Leuven.

The tuition fees to attend the workshop will be arranged as follows:

Speakers and delegates: 50€

The registration fee includes a conference dinner and refreshments.

Outcome

A proceedings book of the workshop with ISBN code will be printed and distributed in advance of the workshop itself.

Within six months à maximum 1 year of the event, an edited book will be produced and published by the GCIS with Leuven University Press, comprising some or all of the papers presented at the Workshop, at the condition that they pass a peer review organized by the publisher. The papers will be arranged and introduced, and to the extent appropriate, edited, by scholar(s) to be appointed by the Editorial Board.

Copyright of the papers accepted to the Workshop will be vested in the GCIS.

Selection Criteria

The workshop will accept up to 20 participants, each of whom must meet the following requirements:

- have a professional and/or research background in related topics of the workshop;

- be able to attend the entire programme.

Since the Workshop expects to address a broad range of topics while the number of participants has to be limited, writers submitting abstracts are requested to bear in mind the need to ensure that their language is technical only where it is absolutely necessary and the language should be intelligible to non-specialists and specialists in disciplines other than their own; and present clear, coherent arguments in a rational way and in accordance with the usual standards and format for publishable work.

Timetable

Abstracts (300–500 words maximum) and CVs (maximum 1 page) to be received by 10th January 2015.

Abstracts to be short-listed by the Editorial Board and papers invited by 20th January 2015.

Papers (3,000 words minimum – 5,500 words maximum, excluding bibliography) to be received by 10th March 2015.

Papers reviewed by the Editorial Board and classed as: Accepted – No Recommendations; Accepted – See Recommendations; Conditional Acceptance – See Recommendations; Not Accepted, by 20th March 2015.

Final papers to be received by 15th April 2015.

Workshop Editorial Board

Leen D’Haenens, KU Leuven

Johan Leman, KU Leuven

Merve Reyhan Kayikci, KU Leuven

Saliha Özdemir, KU Leuven

Workshop Co-ordinator

Merve Reyhan Kayikci, KU Leuven

Saliha Özdemir, KU Leuven

Mieke Groeninck, KU Leuven

Venue

KU Leuven University

The international workshop is organized by KU Leuven Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies. It will be entirely conducted in English and will be hosted by KU Leuven Gülen Chair in Leuven.

Papers and abstract should be sent to Merve Reyhan Kayikci:

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For more information plz contact:

Merve Reyhan Kayikci

KU Leuven Gülen Chair for Intercultural Studies

Parkstraat 45 - box 3615

3000 Leuven

[3] Abstract - Conference - Confronting Categories - Deadline: January 10, 2015

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Western Anthropology Graduate Society (WAGS) jointly with the Anthropology Undergraduate Society at Western University (London, ON) are pleased to announce Western University’s 3rd Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Conference entitled: Confronting Categories to be held from Friday, March 6 through Sunday, March 8, 2015.

 History, women’s studies, geography, sociology, political science, First Nations studies, as well as archaeology, linguistic, biological, and socio-cultural anthropology incorporate a wide range of techniques and strategies in order to explore the human experience. These disciplines converge in the use of categories to conceptualize and make sense of human behaviour and cultural practices. We invite abstracts that will facilitate scholarly discussion and critical thinking in one or more of three major areas of academic research as it relates to the application of categories in the social sciences:

How do the humans and nonhumans we study classify the observable world around them and why?

How does the use of categories in academia help or limit us in communicating our ideas? (i.e., what information is lost when we divide our data into categories? What information is gained?)

Which categories and labels still present in anthropological research (and other academic disciplines) are rooted in colonial thought, and how can we best decolonize the discipline(s)?

This conference provides the opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to reflect critically on how “categories” influence their own research, as well as broader academic and applied contexts.

 We invite you to submit paper abstracts for 15-minute oral presentations by Saturday January 10, 2015 to [log in to unmask]. Please include your name and affiliation, paper title, abstract (up to 250 words), and 3-4 keywords.

 We highly encourage students from outside of London, Ontario to make submissions. Non-London residents whose abstracts are received by the deadline (January 10, 2015) and are accepted will be eligible to apply for the Western Anthropology Conference Student Travel Bursary.

 Updates, the program, keynote speaker(s), bursary guidelines and eligibility, and other resources will be posted on the conference website: http://anthropology.uwo.ca/graduate/association_clubs/wags_annual_graduate_student_conference.html.

 Please circulate widely to interested parties and direct any questions to[log in to unmask]. 
3rd Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Conference  
Western University, London, Ontario

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[4] Proposal - Panel - European Heritages, Realities and Utopias: The Elderly's Consumption Of Coffee, Tea and "Leisure" Time” - Deadline: January 14, 2015

Call for Papers: We are opening a call for papers for a panel taking place during the SIEF 2015 12th Congress, in Zagreb Croatia (June 21-25, 2015). The panel is part of the “Food” stream and focuses on aging in a European context.

Conference:  SIEF 2015 12th Congress, Zagreb, Croatia (June 21-25, 2015).

Panel: European heritages, realities and utopias: the elderly's consumption of coffee, tea and "leisure" time”

Panel Organizers: Lisa Le Fevre, TC, Columbia University and Santa Clara University; Brian O’Hare, Columbia University

 Panel Description:

 “When exploring conceptions of aging and the life course, media outlets offering the “feel-good” article have often concentrated on topics of enigmatic longevity, an individual’s miraculous ability to perform an activity or quaint gatherings of grandmothers and grandfathers for social causes. While articles such as these draw the public’s attention to “successful aging,” they also hint at the importance of sustained engagement to individual and social life. Researchers and scholars in anthropology, sociology and psychology, have long understood and focused on the importance of social and interpersonal relationships for sustaining healthy and meaningful lifestyles across the life course. As such, this panel takes a look at the heritages, realities and utopias that aging individuals bring to the table when they meet for coffee, tea or other “leisure” activities – particularly in the context of European lifestyles or ancestry. Using ethnographic data conducted during fieldwork and studies in countries such as Bulgaria and Spain, questions that the panel seeks to address ask what exactly is being “consumed” during these meetings, what are the intentional/unintentional meanings held in such gatherings and how can moments like these become movements to benefit those aging in Europe and beyond.”

Submission Requirements and Deadline:

·      All paper proposals should be submitted electronically at the following link by January 14, 2015: (http://nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2015/panels.php5?PanelID=3505)

 ·      Please include the paper’s title, author(s) name(s) and email(s), a short 300 character or less abstract and a longer 250 word or less abstract. More information on the guidelines for submitting papers, and on the conference theme can be found at: (http://www.siefhome.org/congresses/sief2015/cfp.shtml)

 ·      If you have any further questions, please feel free to email the conveners Lisa Le Fevre  or Brian O’Hare through the submission site at: (http://nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2015/panels.php5?PanelID=3505)

[5] Abstract - Symposium - Beyond Gypsy Stereotypes: Voicing Romani Pluralities - Deadline: January 15, 2015

Call for Papers

Beyond Gypsy Stereotypes: Voicing Romani Pluralities

A symposium at New York University as part of the Opre Khetanes! program organized by the Initiative for Romani Music in conjunction with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance and Voice of Roma, April 24-25, 2015.  The program will also include a dance workshop with Sani Rifati and a concert of local Romani music.

Proposals for 20-minute papers will be accepted in the fields of musicology, anthropology, sociology, history, political science, Romani studies and related disciplines. Papers can be on any subject related to representations and perceptions of of Romani (Gypsy) people. Through presentations and informal discussions, the meeting will encourage dialogue between performers, activists and scholars.

The meeting will address a range of questions, including but not limited to the following:

    •    What are the roads and obstacles to Romani participation in public and private institutions?
    •    What particular challenges do Roma in America face concerning economic opportunities?
    •    What does it mean to be Romani in the 21st century?
    •    What roles does language play in forming Romani identities?
    •    How can the practice of music counteract or perpetuate “Gypsy” stereotypes?
    •    How might Romani speakers, authors and performers attain a greater voice in the public sphere?
    •    To what extent do Roma have access to, and an active voice in, secondary and tertiary education?
    •    How and to what ends do Romani artists and service providers engage in self-essentializing, both within their communities and in public settings?


Please send a 500-word abstract to [log in to unmask] by January 15, including your name, affiliation (if any), and the best way to reach you.

For more information, please visit the website of the Initiative for Romani Music at New York University (www.romanimusic.org), which links directly to the conference website (https://sites.google.com/site/beyondromanistereotypes/), as well as the website of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (http://www.ctmd.org/).

[6] Manuscript - Journal Special Issue - Complicating the Politics of Deservingness: A Critical Look at Latina/o Undocumented Migrant Youth - Deadline: April 15, 2015

CALL FOR PAPERS
Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal Special Issue

Complicating the Politics of Deservingness: A Critical Look at Latina/o Undocumented Migrant Youth

Guest Editors: Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales  (University of San Francisco), Leisy Abrego (University of California, Los Angeles) and Kathleen Coll (University of San Francisco)

The separation of marginalized people into categories of deserving/undeserving, civil/uncivil, and worthy/unworthy is not new; yet it took on a new dimension when, in the summer of 2014, tens of thousands of Central American refugee children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border made headlines. Although the migration and settlement of Mexican and Central American children has a long history, for the first time, the public saw images of children packed into bare rooms, sleeping on the floor, in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. The collective, if short-lived, outrage was later followed simultaneously by angry protests that blocked buses of children from entering towns and supporters who welcomed them. Protesters considered them dangerous invaders while supporters invoked notions of innocent childhood. The media coverage and competing actions opened the space for conversations about what is now very clearly a “broken” U.S. immigration system tied to violently consequential foreign policies in the region. Indeed, undocumented youth in the immigrant rights movement have been mobilizing to put an end to the reprehensible immigrant detention and deportation system that makes them and their families vulnerable.

In this special issue, we aim to highlight the complex and important ways in which the experiences and institutional interactions of refugee children, undocumented youth, and young immigrants are both distinct and interconnected. Challenging notions of deservingness that distinguish between “good” versus “bad” immigrants, we solicit contributions informed by a structural analysis of childhood and youth as it has played out in the discourse about the lived experiences of immigrant youth and their families. Our goal is to open the space for a critical immigration scholarship that grapples with the production of illegality, citizenship as a commodity, and a disruption of the deserving/undeserving immigrant narrative. We invite pieces that complicate the contemporary conversation about undocumented young people as well as those that problematize the myth of a U.S. context that protects childhood and families of color.

The special issue will bring together conversations about “DREAMers,” unaccompanied migrant children, and grassroots struggles working to transform the current immigration system and end the institutional violence it engenders. Together, submissions will acknowledge U.S. intervention, global capitalism, geopolitics, and racism in this multi-layered migration regime. We are particularly interested in manuscripts that are interdisciplinary and that engage with the complexity of these dynamics and the nuances in the broader field. We welcome manuscripts that offer theoretical perspectives; research findings; innovative methodologies; pedagogical reflections; and implications related to (but not limited to) the following areas:
●  Political subjectivities of “DREAMers” & unDACAmented youth
●  The unaccompanied child migrant “crisis”
●  Grassroots activism around immigrant rights
●  Deportation, detention, and the state
●  The politics of a divide between “deserving” children and “undeserving” adult immigrants
●  Undocumented children and the educational system
●  Legal services provision and due process for youth
●  Local and municipal responses to federal policies
●  The relationship between immigration debates and the welfare and carceral systems

Submissions suitable for publication in this special issue include empirical papers, theoretical/conceptual papers, historical work, essays, book reviews, and poems. It is important to note that the special issue is interested in the broader Latina/o experience and not solely focused on the experiences of Mexican Americans (per the title of the journal).

The selection of manuscripts will be conducted as follows:
1. Manuscripts will be judged on strength and relevance to the theme of the special issue.
2. Manuscripts should not have been previously published in another journal, nor should they be under consideration by another journal at the time of submission.
3. Each manuscript will be subjected to a blind review by a panel of reviewers with expertise in the area treated by the manuscript. Those manuscripts recommended by the panel of experts will then be considered by the AMAE guest editors and editorial board, which will make the final selections.
Manuscripts should be submitted as follows:
1. Submit via email both a cover letter and copy of the manuscript in Microsoft Word to: Dr. Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales ( [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ).
2. Cover letter should include name, title, short author bio (100 words), and institutional affiliation; indicate the type of manuscript submitted and the number of words, including references. Also, please indicate how your manuscript addresses the call for papers.
3. Manuscripts should be no longer than 7,000 words (including references) and have an abstract of 200 words or less. Please follow the standard format of the American Psychological Association (APA). Include within the text all illustrations, charts, and graphs. Manuscripts may also be submitted in Spanish.

Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2015. Please address questions to Dr. Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ) or Dr. Patricia Sánchez ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ). Authors will be asked to address revisions to their manuscripts during the summer months of 2015. This special issue is due to be published in December 2015.

Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal
http://amaejournal.utsa.edu

2. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND AWARDS || PRIX ET BOURSES

[1] Fellowships (2 Types) - Summer Scholar Fellowships- The School for Advanced Research (SAR) - Deadline: January 12, 2015

Call for Applications: Summer Scholar Fellowships at SAR

The School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe, NM invites applications for its 2015 Summer Scholar Fellowships.

SAR awards fellowships each year to several scholars in anthropology and related fields to pursue research or writing projects that promote understanding of human behavior, culture, society, and the history of anthropology. Scholars from the humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply.

Competitive proposals have a strong empirical dimension, meaning that they address the facts of human life on the ground. They also situate the proposed research within a specific cultural or historical context and engage a broad scholarly literature. Applicants should make a convincing case for the intellectual significance of their projects and their potential contribution to a range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

SAR provides summer scholars a small stipend, a rent-free apartment and office on campus, an allowance account, library support, and other benefits during a seven-week tenure, which starts in mid-June.

Two types of fellowships are available:

*         Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting Fellowship. Up to three residential fellowships are available each summer for doctoral level scholars and PhD candidates in the social sciences, humanities, or arts.

*         William Y. and Nettie K. Adams Fellowship in the History of Anthropology. One residential fellowship is available each summer for a doctoral level scholar or PhD candidate whose project focuses on the history of anthropology.

Deadline for applications is January 12, 2015.

For more information on summer scholar fellowships and other SAR programs, please visit our website<http://sarweb.org/index.php?summer_scholars>.

Maria Spray
Scholar Programs Assistant
School for Advanced Research
(505) 954-7237
P.O. Box 2188
Santa Fe, N.M.  87504

[2]  Scholarship Proposals - Field School for Social and Cultural Anthropology - Deadline: January 25, 2015

10th Edition of the Field School for Social and Cultural Anthropology
Gozo (Malta), Europe
June 10, 2015 - June 29
July 4, 2015 - July 23
July 28, 2015 - August 16

CALL FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROPOSALS

This call is aimed at budding researchers with a creative and open mind towards the challenges of applied research. We offer a unique learning opportunity in a multidisciplinary research project on the isle of Gozo, Malta. Expeditions and the University of Leuven hand out eight scholarships that cover part or all of the tuition fee for the 2015 Malta Summer School. Scholarships are granted on a competitive basis, based on a research proposal.

More information on the project can be find on: www.anthropologyfieldschool.org

Eligible candidates

· Undergraduate and graduate students
· PhD students
· Everyone with a genuine interest in anthropology
· Previous participants of the project

Selection is NOT based on academic merit, originality or complexity. We aim for enthusiasm, dedication and creativity. In the past years even students who were not enrolled in an anthropology program got scholarships for the project.

Selection Procedure

Candidates are invited to propose two or more creative research concepts that can be performed during the summer school. So the research topic has to relate to something on which you can do fieldwork on Malta, and preferably Gozo.

From these proposals, the academic board of Expeditions will select 15 different candidates to work out a more detailed research plan within a deadline of two months (February/March). The three best research proposals will be granted a full scholarship. The next five runners-up will be granted a scholarship of 1,700.00? (about 60% of the total tuition) which will be deducted from their tuition fee.

In the first stage:
· All submissions will compete equally. You are allowed to send in as much research ideas as you like.
· Concepts should be rudimentarily explained.
· Applicants are asked to focus on creativity and an initial-stage argumentation on why the research is valuable.

After initial acceptance:
· Applicants will develop further one selected proposal under assistance of our tutors (via e-mail or skype).
· Elaboration on feasibility, methodology and research layouts should fleshed out in this stage only
· Final research proposals to be submitted within two months after initial acceptance

How to apply?

· Send us 2 or more research concepts (but at least two!).
· 150-250 words per research concept.
· Submitting can only be done through the form on our website.
· The deadline for submissions is January 25th, 2015.

Please note that the number of students accepted in the program is limited. Scholarships will be granted only after the completion of the selection procedure, while registration is open to non-scholarship participants. In case you wish to join the project even if you don't get the scholarship, we advise to register through the regular procedure as early as possible since non-scholarship slots are usually filled by the end of December.

More information on the project can be find on: www.anthropologyfieldschool.org

Official certificate when completing.
Leading professor: Marc Vanlangendonck
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University of Leuven and IMMRC

3. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES || OFFRE D'EMPLOI (in addition to/ en plus dehttp://www.cas-sca.ca/latest-jobs)

[1] Resident Professor - Global Health - OTS Global Health Undergraduate Semester Abroad Program in Costa Rica

The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) is seeking applicants for the position of Resident Professor with the OTS Global Health Undergraduate Semester Abroad Program in Costa Rica. This is a field-based program designed to provide undergraduate students with outstanding training in tropical medicine, public health, ethnobiology, research abilities, community work, and Spanish Language and Culture. More information about the program can be found here:
http://ots.ac.cr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=339&Itemid=467
Successful applicants will work closely with the Education Director, Undergraduate Programs Coordinator, and other Resident Professors in curriculum design and implementation, and will be responsible for teaching aspects of the Public Health, Ethnobiology, and Research Practicum courses.

He/she will be responsible for leading the Research Practicum course, teach statistics and research design, thus should be comfortable with developing and conducting short research projects with students in the field and in the community.

Ideal candidates will have a background in anthropology and/or social science with a focus on public health, or in microbiology or epidemiology, such that they could complement the expertise of the other resident professors in public health and ethnobiology. The position is based in Costa Rica, and requires a commitment of 18 weeks in Costa Rica where 13 will be in the field and the rest in OTS offices during each of two (Spring and Fall). This is a full-time position with a required commitment of at least one year. Any questions about the position should be directed to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. We follow Duke University quality control in all aspects; henceforth, good teaching skills are a must.

Qualifications:

  *   Ph.D. in Anthropology, Public or International Health, Microbiology, or Epidemiology with professional research experience in the tropics
  *   A strong interest in team teaching and interdisciplinary collaboration
  *   A strong background in experimental design and statistical analysis in projects related to public health and ethnobiology
  *   Experience in field-based education and hands-on experiential teaching a plus
  *   Experience working in Latin America, especially in Costa Rica, a plus
  *   Excellent bilingual (English/Spanish) communication skills
  *   Ability to work a flexible schedule and spend 16-18 weeks, twice a year, in Costa Rica
  *   Comfortable with living in close quarters with students and faculty at field stations around Costa Rica

Application deadline: Open enrollment.
Anticipated start date: Until successful applicant found.

To apply: Submit the following materials: cover letter describing your interest and fit for the position, CV, statement of teaching philosophy, statement of research interests, and 3 references. Electronic applications are preferred and may be submitted online via the OTS website: http://www.ots.ac.cr. Applications may also be sent electronically to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

Andrés Santana
Graduate Education Department
Organization for Tropical Studies
San Pedro, Costa Rica. 676-2050
(506) 2524-0607 ext. 1511
Skype: andres.santana_otscro
www.ots.ac.cr<http://www.ots.ac.cr/>
twitter: @ots_tropicaledu<https://twitter.com/ots_tropicaledu>

[2] Cultural Anthropologist - Latin American - University of Arkansas - Deadline: December 15, 2014

Dear Colleagues:

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas is seeking to hire a Latin Americanist cultural anthropologist, starting in August 2015.  Please see the description below. We especially encourage application by women and minority candidates.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at: [log in to unmask].

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas invites applications for a tenure-track position in cultural anthropology at the Assistant Professor level, specializing in Latin America, starting in August 2015. We seek a colleague whose expertise complements present department strengths. Preferred areas include: gender/sexuality, political economy, and/or social movements. The successful candidate should be prepared to teach Introduction to Latin American Studies, an upper-level class in History of Anthropological Thought, as well as courses that augment our undergraduate and graduate curricula. Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. in anthropology by August 1, 2015 and are expected to have an active research program, a record of scholarly publication, and previous teaching experience at the college level. To apply, send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information for three referees to: Chair, Latin Americanist
 Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Old Main 330, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Inquiries may be directed to the search committee at [log in to unmask]. The closing date for applications is December 15, 2014.

The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution. The University welcomes applications without regard to age, race, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, religion, marital or parental status, protected veteran status, military service, genetic information, sexual orientation or gender identity.  Persons must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment. All applicant information is subject to public disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

4. REQUESTS AND QUERIES from members of the CASCA Student Network (reply directly to the poster) ||  REQUÊTES DES ÉTUDIANT(E)S pour obtenir des conseils ou ressources (les réponses seront envoyées

directement à l'étudiant(e) en question).

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5. EVENTS || ÉVÉNEMENTS & SUMMER COURSES  || COURS D'ETE

[1] Panel - Launching a Career in Academia - AAA Meeting - December 4, 2014

APLA will be hosting a special panel at the upcoming AAAs in which graduate students and recent Ph.D.s can converse with faculty concerning strategies and challenges involved in finding, securing, and flourishing in academic employment.  I hope that you will be able to attend.  Please also help me to distribute the following information on this event to our colleagues:

Launching a Career in Academia
Day:  Thursday, December 4, 2014
Time:  8:30 PM--9:45 PM
Location:  Cleveland 1, Marriott Wardman Park (please confirm in final program)

Confirmed speakers:
Anthony Balzano, Sussex County (NJ) Community College
Jon Bialecki, University of Edinburgh
Heath Cabot, College of the Atlantic
Daniel Goldstein, Rutgers University

If you have any questions, please email Josh Clark at [log in to unmask].

Joshua Clark
Student representative  |  Board of Directors  |  Association for Political and Legal Anthropology
Ph.D. candidate  |  Department of Anthropology  |  University of California, Irvine

[2] Panel - "Producing Anthropologists" in a Landscape of Uncertainty: A Workshop for Surviving and Navigating the Job Market in a Climate of Scarcity and Precarity - AAA Meeting- December 6, 2014

"Producing Anthropologists" in a Landscape of Uncertainty: A Workshop for Surviving and Navigating the Job Market in a Climate of Scarcity and Precarity

Saturday, December 6, 2014: 1:00 PM-2:15 PM

Harding (Marriott Wardman Park)

If you are free on Saturday December 6th at 1pm, please come to the working panel/workshop "Producing Anthropologists" - the abstract is posted below (and please note the time change). This is an opportunity to join together as a community and discuss support and solidarity in a time of precarity and uncertainty. Please post to your lists, pass along to students/friends/colleagues, and come if you can. 

Feel free to message me with questions.

See you all in DC!

Best,

Maura Finkelstein [log in to unmask]

According to the AAA, this years' meeting theme, Producing Anthropology,  "offers a provocation to examine the truths we encounter, produce and communicate through anthropological theories and methods." But what of the production of anthropologists? According to the AAUP, 48 percent of faculty work part-time and 68 percent of all faculty appointments take place off the tenure track. Over the past few years, the reality of these statistics have led to extensive debates on college and university campuses, across social media and the blogosphere, and within highly circulated media outlets like the Chronicle of Higher Ed, Inside Higher Ed, PBS, and the New York Times. Adjuncts across the country are unionizing with varying support from their TT/Tenured colleagues. As we produce more and more Anthropology PhD's in an academic environment with less and less Tenure Track options, the reality of securing work (whether it be a Post Doc, a contingency position, or the holy grail of the TT line) becomes increasingly fraught. This open discussion session (with no scheduled speakers or assigned roles) offers interested individuals a chance come together and discuss the reality of navigating the job market, the forms of alliances forged across appointments, and the potential for cooperation in an increasingly stratified and fought academic landscape. As we produce anthropologists in a climate of rapidly changing opportunities, this open discussion session seeks out space for both survival and solidarity.

[3] Applicants - Summer School - Citizens Resilience in Times of Crises - Deadline: December 15, 2014

We are pleased to announce that the      call for applications is now open for the Summer School on Citizens Resilience in Times of Crises, sponsored by the LIVING WITH HARD TIMES: How Citizens React to Economic Crises and Their Social and Political Consequences project (LIVEWHAT) (livewhat.unige.ch) and organized at the Centre on Social Movement Studies (COSMOS) (cosmos.eui.eu/Home.aspx).

The Summer School will    take place in Florence from the 5th to the 11th of July 2015 and will address fundamental issues such as:

• How do people respond to crises in general and to the         current economic crisis in particular?     

• What strategies are developed to cope with the crisis in the public and in the private domain, collectively and individually, and through policies, protests and individual behaviors?

• What forms of resilience does society show in hard times?

The Summer School will bring together young scholars and more established academics interested in these issues through an intensive curriculum of lectures and workshops. Participants investigating the dynamics linking crises, policy responses, and citizens’ resilience will focus on mobilization and alternative forms of action in times of economic crises. More generally, the Summer School aims to offer analytical and methodological tools to investigate how citizens respond to the social and political consequences of economic crises either individually or collectively, privately or publicly, politically or non-politically. This will include responses such as changing attitudes and behaviors; engaging in collective action; adapting lifestyles; expressing discontent in the media; voting for a populist party; and broadening social ties.

The Summer School will also feature keynote speeches from internationally-renowned scholars:

• Prof. Javier Auyero, Sociology Department, University of Texas, Austin

• Prof. Donatella Della Porta, Political and Social Sciences Department European University Institute, Florence

• Prof. Marco Giugni, Department of Political Science and International  Relations, University of Geneva

• Prof. Jeff Goodwin, Department of Sociology, New York University

• Prof. Maria Kousis, Department of Sociology, University of Crete

• Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi, Political and Social Sciences Department European University Institute, Florence

• Dr. Magda Osman, Department of Psychology, Queen Mary  University of London

The Summer School is open to 20 graduate students as well as early career researchers throughout Europe and beyond with a specialized interest in participation and mobilization during periods of crises in different fields of study, including political science, political sociology, political communication, and political anthropology. Applicants should email a cover letter (i.e two pages) in which they explain how the Summer School would be beneficial to their research, a 500-word abstract of a proposed academic paper, and a curriculum vitae to [log in to unmask]. The deadline for applications is the 15th of December 2014.

Applicants will be informed of the outcome by email no later than 30th of January. Those offered places must confirm their participation within 10 days, after which places may be offered to applicants on the reserve list. Participants to the Summer School will be required to write and submit a 7000-8000 word paper before 1st June. The paper will be presented during the Summer School, providing a unique experience for discussion and feedback. English will be the working language and therefore students are expected to have a good command of written and spoken English.

The Summer School has no fees and will provide welcome drinks and a farewell dinner, academic materials, and the use of library, computing and internet facilities. Travel and accommodation costs are not included, however the LIVEWHAT project can offer five travel and accommodation grants (€700 each) to selected participants.

For more information about the application procedure and academic program, please visit the Summer School webpage at livewhat.unige.ch/?p=1616 and/or contact the Summer School organizing committee at [log in to unmask]

Best,

Lorenzo

The LIVEWHAT project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n° 613237.